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In very early times Fordingbridge was known simply as 'Forde' , a crossing point of the Avon since prehistoric times.

So many towns and villages in Worcestershire are beautifully set on the banks of the county's rivers - as Wyre Piddle is on the Avon.

In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon. One of the movement's organisers was Thomas Cook, founder of the famous travel agents.

Standing on a little hilltop, Sopley Church overlooks the course of the Avon.

The River Avon is famous for a rare kind of eel, called locally a sniggle; unlike the Common Eel, it has an elongated jaw and slender form.

Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.

The importance to Bristol of its Floating Harbour can be gauged from this picture, which shows the Avon at low water. The river has been known to have a maximum rise and fall of 37ft.

This is part of Binton Bridges, linked bridges which span the Avon between Welford and Binton by way of mid- stream islands.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon. The town gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

The church of St Lawrence is right alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal. This view today, a century later, is almost unchanged.

Across the Avon from Cropthorne, Fladbury is situated in rolling agricultural land of pasture and orchard.

A paddle tug prepares to get under way again after bringing a vessel up the Avon.

The circular estuary of the Stour and Avon, where the two rivers penetrate far inland, and the shores of Christchurch Bay, attract thousands of sea and wading birds, particularly during the winter months

It was best at high tide, for then the muddy bottom of the Avon would not be on show.

Tetbury is one of the statelier towns of the southern Cotswolds, overlooking a tributary of the River Avon. Its location prevented it from being despoiled by the industrialists of the 19th century.

This view of the Kennet and Avon Canal, taken from the Town Bridge, shows the site of Hungerford Wharf.

This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community.

About a mile from Bidford, the hamlet of Marlcliff sits snugly below the eponymous marl cliff beside the River Avon.

Following the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the Kennet and Avon Canal was closed to navigation in 1951, about four years before this photograph was taken.

Behind is the splendid medieval-style railway line of the 1840s raised above the flood plain of the Avon with castellated turrets and battlemented parapets.

Yelvertoft stands near the Grand Union Canal, on a stream which flows into the Avon. The village side streets are reminders of local farmers who long ago made their living off the land here.

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.

It is quite probable that ancient dwellers crossed the Avon at a nearby ford and cultivated crops on the river's fertile flood plains.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.